Nazir Jairazbhoy, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Nazir Jairazbhoy

professor of music at the University of California at Los Angeles

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1927

Date of Death: 20-Jun-2009

Profession: musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (October 31, 1928 – June 20, 2009) was a professor of folk and classical music of South Asia at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was the founding chair of the Department of Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology.
He was appointed professor of music at UCLA in 1976, and retired in 1994.
He was president of the Society for Ethnomusicology.